Perpendicular ion heating by velocity-shear-driven waves

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1187-1190

  Walker, D N ^a   Amatucci, W E ^a,c   Ganguli, G ^a   Antoniades, J A ^a   Bowles, J H ^a   Duncan, D ^a,c   Gavrishchaka, V ^b   Koepke, M E ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SFA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOTRONS; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FREQUENCIES; HEATING; IONOSPHERE; IONS; PLASMAS; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

ION CYCLOTRON WAVES; ION HEATING; SHEARED CROSS FIELD FLOW;

GEOPHYSICS;

EID: 0031145991     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01102     Document Type: Article

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